Buffer overflow in Espruino
CVE-2018-11596
Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) with a user crafted input file via a Buffer Overflow during syntax parsing because a check for '\0' is made for the wrong array element in jsvar.c.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (55.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/espruino/Espruino/issues/1435 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/espruino/Espruino/commit/ce1924193862d58cb43d3d4d9dada710a8361b89 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-11596?
- CVE-2018-11596 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Espruino, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-05-31.
- How severe is CVE-2018-11596?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.